Boxer Makes Playing Old PC Games On Macs A Snap

Retro PC game players are surely familiar with Dosbox, the top-shelf emulator that makes playing games foam the ‘80s and ‘90s possible on modern machines. Boxer is Dosbox shined up for Apple computers. (Some call them "Macs.")

And from what I can tell from my dabbling with Boxer here on my work machine, it's a no-brainer download for any Mac gamer.

Not only does it look nice-including a Delicious Library-style take on your "Game Folder" complete with superfluous hardwood paneling graphics-but it seems to properly shift down my machine to proper speeds so that DOS games don't run wildly faster than is possible to play. (Something I've had a problem with default configurations with Dosbox in the past.)

It's free. It works great. And it nearly made me tear up when I saw that copy of X-Com on the shelf before I realised it was just a demo. [BoxerApp.com | Mirror](via ★)

Comments

Ndroste Guest

Mar 23, 2011, 9:55am

The timing of this is exquisite! My new mac should arrive on Friday, the first I've ever owned. This is exactly the stuff I need.

Story time! I went to an all-girls’ school. My friends and I had that special bond of closeness that apparently comes with synced-up periods and measuring the length of each other’s winter leg hair.
This, obviously, led to a brief era of trying to catch one of the others unawares with the most impressive, most unexpected spank possible. We’re talking sneaking up behind each other in the hallway and laying one down that made the earth shake. If I couldn’t read your palm from the imprint, you weren’t doing a good enough job.